A New Adventure

The magical lightning shot past the gray pony and struck the far wall on the small shack, the dry wood easily catching fire from the power of Fury’s magic. his rage erupted as he charged in, his horn erupting as he tossed the gray pony through the wall and throwing the old mare out the front. Fury ran through the burning wall, kicking the stallion before he could get up, knocking the air out of his lungs.

“I spared you!!” He roared as he brought a hoof up and caught the stallion across the nose. “I gave you a second chance at life!! And this is how you use it!!? Strangling the life out of others!!” he said as his back hoof kicked the stallion and threw him into a tree behind him. “your end will not be a happy one… I will make sure I watch you go slow...”

“Fury!!!! Step away from the pony!!” Luna said as she landed hard, quaking the ground and plants around her.

Fury turned to his sister, his rage still seething through him, eyes now locked on hers, his magic at the ready. “This stallion has killed dozens, and you would let him live!?” he said as he felt his magic beginning to course through his horn.

“He will live out his life in Tartarus! For the crimes he has committed, he will never see the light of day again brother! Step away from him,” Luna roared in return, her voice commanding and rigid.

Fury let a crack of lightning escape his horn as he took a step forward, “This pony had a chance at life, and he squandered it, he doesn’t deserve to live anymore,” he said as he took another step.

Luna’s eyes narrowed as her own magic flared, “Fury, you do this, and you will spark a war!!”

“It seems though that you and sister already made your minds up for that… so make the first move then…” he said as his magic began to hold up the gray stallion up by the throat.

Luna’s magic sprang to life as she fired her own magic towards Fury, who raised his shield to deflect her magic back. The magic, now striking the shield and deflecting her magic in all directions, some of the magical rays striking the trees around them, some of them striking the ground, and some also soaring into the sky. Luna pushed her magic farther and tried to break Fury’s barrier, but with every bit of magic she pushed, Fury only held more against her.

“Do you really think you have it in you Luna? You caught me off guard once… it won’t happen again!” Fury said as he changed his defensive magic to offensive. His shield broke as he let his magical lightning crackle and shoot forward and strike Luna, her own magic straining to hold it back. He pushed more magic into his lightning and got a sadistic smile as the lightning finally struck Luna and the lightning began to course through her body. Luna dropped to the ground and began to convulse as the lightning rushed from her to the ground. Fury then threw the gray stallion, unconscious to the ground in front of Luna, his gaze now blank and unseeing.

“you got your wish Luna, he still lives…” Fury said as he turned, “the pony still lives, he can serve a sentence, but never challenge me again Luna… next time I won't stop,” he said as he opened his wings and took off into the sky, flying back to the north, seeking the Crystal Empire once more.

Luna came to a few minutes later, her body still twitching slightly as she looked up and saw the gray pony lying unconscious in front of her. She slowly rose to her hooves and lifted the stallion In her magic as she turned and flew back towards Canterlot, her heart broken as she flew, knowing her brother had changed for the worst.

Back in Canterlot, Dalila paced back and forth in the throne room, her mind running a million miles a minute as she glanced up at Celestia, who set unmoving upon her throne, not noticing any pony else, in her mind. Dalila took a deep breath and turned to Celestia.

“Do you think he will be ok?” she asked, her question seeming to go unnoticed to the regal princess, but after a few moments, Celestia answered.

“Fury has always been in some sort of trouble, but he always seems to get out of it somehow, I’m sure he’s just fine,” she answered as her glance made it to Dalila for the first time since the yellow mare arrived. “What do you see in my brother? Is it the usual? The power? The royalty?”

“He’s different, I can see something in him… and he saved me from a life I hated…” she answered as she could feel herself tearing up.

“I see, you were one of the three ponies that ran with the gray one?” Celestia said as she stood up.

“Y… Yes... I was...”

“And the others? Who were they?” Celestia said as she walked down the stairs from her throne.

“They were my brothers, timothy and mac...”

“Where are they now? What did Fury do to them!?” Celestia said as she stopped in front of Dalila.

“He gave us a choice… he said enough was done that day, so he said we could either turn ourselves in and more than likely hang… or start a new life in a new land...”

“What new land!?” Celestia nearly roared, her eyes focused on Dalila’s as she waited for the answer.

“He took us to the Crystal Empire… my brothers are somewhere there, he told us to start a new life… so we did…”

Celestia seemed satisfied by the answer, and turned around, her back to Dalila, "and this, this was your choice? to live with my brother until the day you die? Are you aware who he is? Who he was?" she said softly.

"I... I read up on it some... The fury of the west, that's what they called him..." Dalila said as she looked to the ground... her heart in shambles. "I thought he had changed since then... but i was wrong.."

Celestia turned, her eyes looking as if she could cry, "no, you are not wrong... my brother did change.. but he also has gone through a terrible ordeal, and having you to think about took that off his mind.. but it seems that your father brought back that warlord inside him.."

she was interrupted by an exhausted Luna, collapsing to the ground from the air and dropping the gray stallion she held with her magic. The stallion, now awake and cautious, tried to run away from the castle, but Celestia was quick about getting the guards to apprehend him and bring him before her. Luna looked up at her sister, with tears still in her eyes, and quietly whimpered, "Sister... he has gone bad... he attacked me.."

Celestia looked down at her sister with fear... Fury had done this, no doubt. if he was willing to do this to his own flesh and blood, what would be capable of doing to innocent ponies in his way. She helped her sister up and slowly walked her down the hallway to the royal medical wing, where six nurses awaited her, ready to help with whatever she needed.

Up north by the Crystal Empire, Fury looked out into the snow with hatred, but not for the snow or the cold, but for himself. He had done the exact opposite of what he had promised his father he would do... he had attacked his own sisters. and what was worse, it seemed that he was starting to lose control over his emotions. He let out a piercing scream as he let his magic channel into his horn and sent out a display of lightning that even the strongest of thunderstorms could not compete with. as he did it, he heard a laugh come from behind him, as if whomever it was was mocking him.

"who is there!?" fury shouted, looking blindly into the snow, only hearing more of the menacing laughter.

"Show yourself!!" he shouted, sending out a blast of magic into the wilderness.

The laugh seemed to be right behind him now, and as he turned around, he saw nothing but his shadow. as Fury looked at the wilderness, his shadow caught his eye as he watched it move irregular. the shadow then left the ground and took shape before him, a shadowy version of himself looking back at him, a hideous smile upon its face.

"It's about time you released me..." the shadow said as it began to circle him, its yellow eyes staring into the eyes of fury, not taking any attention off of his new entity.

"You... you didn't truly die..." fury said as he watched the shadow laugh.

"No... I didn't... seeing my defeat becoming more and more imminent, i decided to split my soul so that i could live on... and now here we are, so close to me having a new body.. one with enough power to finish all i started, and with your father and friends out of the way this time... no pony will be able to stop me!" the shadow said as it began to laugh heinously…

Fury reared up and shot a blast of magic at the shadow, the lightning simply splitting the shadow, not causing any harm. In his anger, he let out another scream and allowed his magic to go wild, magical beams and spells shot out across the sky and land, The storm inside of Fury quickly becoming one on the outside as well.

As the magic swirled around fury and his shadow, a calm cooling voice echoed from the snow…

“Fury… your mind is in jeopardy… you must heal..” the voice said as a small beam of light struck the alicorn, knocking him unconscious